Con Edison Investing in Major Reliability Projects Serving Customers in Brooklyn and Staten Island
New Transmission Lines Will Help Meet Power Needs This Summer
Con Edison will energize newly constructed transmission lines in Brooklyn and Staten Island this month, helping to keep service reliable when the demand for power rises and challenges the electric delivery system.
The underground cables, which represent a combined investment of $505 million, will provide multiple benefits for customers. They’ll help Con Edison accommodate growing power needs as New Yorkers choose electric vehicles and electric heating in buildings.
The lines, which are among the projects Con Edison is completing under its Reliable Clean City program, will provide new pathways for renewable power and support the New York State and City clean energy goals.
“Our Reliable Clean City investments demonstrate our commitment to maintaining our nation leading electric service while building a grid for the future,” said Matthew Ketschke, the president of Con Edison. “We need robust infrastructure to safely and reliably provide the power Brooklyn and Staten Island need to grow and thrive.”
Con Edison’s electric service is the most reliable in the nation. It is nine times more reliable than the typical service in New York State and in the United States.
Each 138-kilovolt line will have the capacity to carry 300 megawatts of power. That’s 300 million watts or enough to run 300,000 mid-sized window air conditioners, 400,000 refrigerators or 250,000 toaster ovens at a time.
The mile-long Brooklyn cable connects substations in the Gowanus and Greenwood areas. The Staten Island line runs for just over nine miles between substations on opposite sides of the island, one in the Goethals area and the other in the Fox Hills area.
Con Edison put its Reliable Clean City – Queens transmission line into service two years ago. The six-mile line runs from a substation in Corona to one in Long Island City
The Brooklyn and Staten Island projects increase reliability for customers in southern Brooklyn and the eastern half of Staten Island.
The Sierra Club and UPROSE supported Con Edison’s proposals for the Reliable Clean City projects.
“Con Edison reached out to our businesses, neighborhood groups, and elected leaders in advance of construction to let us know what to expect and minimize inconvenience,” said Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of UPROSE, a Brooklyn, community-based organization. “When utilities include the community in the planning process we get to front-end and address concerns in advance of their development.”
“Con Edison’s investments in its infrastructure make it possible for businesses in Sunset Park and other parts of our region to prosper, create jobs, and serve our community with great products and services,” said Julio Pena, the chairperson of Community Board 7 in Brooklyn. “Projects like this one enable us to continue building a vibrant local economy with opportunities for all.”
In addition to these transmission line projects, the company recently began building a line connecting two substations in western Queens and will put that line into service by the summer of 2026. That $125 million project will carry 200 megawatts. (See a video and local TV coverage of that project.)
Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. [NYSE: ED], one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $15 billion in annual revenues and $71 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas and steam service to more than three million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York.
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